Footwear exchange has no influence on the incidence of febrile neutropenia in patients undergoing chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies.
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol
; 25(1): 51-4, 2004 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To determine whether footwear exchange affects the incidence of febrile neutropenia among patients undergoing chemotherapy for hematologic malignancies.DESIGN:
Open trial with historical comparison.SETTING:
The 12-bed high-efficiency particulate air-filtered hematology unit at Osaka University Hospital, Suita, Japan. PATIENTS Those with hematologic malignancies who underwent chemotherapy from January 1997 through January 2003. Footwear exchange was discontinued in January 2000.METHODS:
The surveillance system was based on the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates of febrile neutropenia were calculated for neutropenic patient-days (ie, days with neutropenia < 500/microL).RESULTS:
From January 1997 through December 1999 and from February 2000 through January 2003, 58 and 54 patients endured 237 and 184 neutropenic periods following chemotherapy, and their total neutropenic days were 3,123 and 2,503, respectively. They showed episodes of febrile neutropenia 89 and 68 times, respectively. Infection rates were 28.5 and 27.2 per 1,000 neutropenic patient-days (P = .83), respectively.CONCLUSION:
The incidence of febrile neutropenia was not affected by footwear exchange. In hematology units, changing shoes does not appear to affect the rate of infections during neutropenic periods.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Zapatos
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Neoplasias Hematológicas
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Fiebre
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Neutropenia
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Antineoplásicos
Tipo de estudio:
Incidence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Año:
2004
Tipo del documento:
Article